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'Why is your axe bloody?'

A Reading of Njals Saga

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Njals saga, the greatest of the sagas of the Icelanders, was written around 1280. It tells the story of a complex feud, that starts innocently enough in a tiff over seating arrangement at a local feast, and expands over the course of 20 years to engulf half the country, in which both sides are effectively exterminated, Njal and his family burned to death in their farmhouse, the other faction picked off over the entire course of the feud. Law and feud feature centrally in the saga, Njal, its hero, being the greatest lawyer of his generation. No reading of the saga can do it justice unless it takes its law, its feuding strategies, as well as the author's stunning manipulation and saga conventions. In 'Why is your axe bloody' W.I. Miller offers a lively, entertaining, and completely orignal personal reading of this lengthy saga A reader's guide and a companion to this complex and great saga, a classic of world literature, comparable to the greatest in any language. 'Why is your axe bloody?' provides what, in effect, is a graduated course in the saga.

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Schrijver: Miller, William Ian (Thomas G. Long Professor of Law, Thomas G. Long Professor of Law, University of Michigan)
Titel: 'Why is your axe bloody?'
Uitgever: Oxford University Press

Jaar: 2014
Taal: Engels
Pagina's: 360
Gewicht: 781 gr

EAN: 9780198704843
Afmetingen: 234 x 156 x 34 mm
Bindwijze: Hardback

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'Why is your axe bloody?'

A Reading of Njals Saga

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